Statistics at BIS

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) collects and publishes national and official statistics on further and higher education, building materials, construction prices and costs, economic performance and employment, innovation and trade union membership.

National statistics

We produce national and official statistics in accordance with the statutory and other arrangements described in the guidance on How national and official statistics are assured. We follow the code of practice for official statistics.

Publication timetable

The Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires that we announce publication dates for all statistical publications in advance. Publication dates for all BIS and HESA publications are available from the UK Statistics Authority Publication Hub.

Trade union membership

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We publish statistics reports and documents, including guidance, which can be found through the document search. Live tables that relate to particular statistics releases or guidance will be listed in the document series on that page.